Page 76 of Princess For All

I wanted to stay in the hot spring all day, but we had to go to Lawan after I’d promised. She was ready and gave me a hug, only a few with her and the whole thing super hush-hush.

Which I appreciated.

I went and put a handful of buildings and places online for them. The main power facility for the area was the big one now that they had it all secure and more. They’d been tapping with the solar panels and… Engineering stuff that hurt my brain. This would help. They had what was the priority and knew the best.

Sisay let me have more blood when I was out of juice, but we warned Lawan that I would have to immediately leave once I was done because I’d be vulnerable. She looked almost glad that the risk of me getting hurt wouldn’t be at her coven so if something did happen she wouldn’t be blamed.

I understood. It seemed harsh or heartless, but I understood.

I really did.

Petre wasmorethan happy to make me happy when we were done and I was on fire. But yeah, I was half asleep before my last orgasm finished. Then it was the helicopter hop back to Alaska… And people were waiting.

Except I was too tired to open my eyes.

“Seatle had an earthquake,” someone said. “And we think here in Alaska. We came to tell you and…”

Clearly, they could see something I couldn’t.

“Yeah, this wasn’t the way it looked when we left a few hours ago,” Cerdic muttered. “You hearing this Inez, or completely out?”

I managed a noise but yeah, that was it. I was on empty.

No one was hurt. That was the big takeaway. It seemed moderate. People kept calling it a “five” because a building was damaged that was going to be taken down anyways. But others said that might not hold true after all the buildings had been through already.

All I cared about was no one was hurt and where they were staying was fine. So I let myself zonk out.

I woke with James playing with my hair. I yawned and stretched.

“You’re just as much of a lazy cat as my leopard, baby,” he said with a deeper than normal chuckle. So he’d been snoozing too. “Canada had an earthquake too. No one hurt and they’re checking the foundations—everything seems okay. They think it’s the something, something, and something fault lines of the something.”

“Yeah, got it. Now you know how I feel when your cousins and brother talk to me.”

He snorted. “Baby, we all feel that way.”

That made me hesitate. “What’s with the change in name?”

He curled up closer and kissed my hair. “Not sure. Trying it on for size. I like the idea of getting to call you something sexier or different when we’re intimate. No go?”

“Not a no go, but I really like the way you say my name.”

His hand moved up my stomach. “You do now?”

“Yeah, you have a nice accent and voice.”

He did. James had a sexy NYC kinda movie accent. Not the mobster over the top one, but… It was nice. I liked it.

I liked hearing it especially saying my name. “You should moan it.”

“When?” he chuckled.

Right then. I slid under the covers and sucked him off, shivering when he did moan my name and ran his fingers through my hair. I glanced up when he got closer, and it was completely unintentional, but my gaze met Tian’s.

So I was mean and moved my hand over James’s, making it clear he could do whatever he wanted to me.

“Shit, yeah, just like that and suck harder, Inez,” James moaned, and I focused back on him.

After that, we headed to dinner and I got the normal updates. Right as we were finishing, everyone went tense which meant people were approaching the castle fast who shouldn’t be.

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